Course: Applied Ethics and Moral Management

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Course title Applied Ethics and Moral Management
Course code KUMK/XET2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Stránský Michal, Mgr. PhD.
Course content
Discussed topics: -Argumentation in ethics; -Ethics from the viewpoint of natural sciences; -Experimental Ethics; -Empirical Ethics; -Descriptive ethics; -Normativeethics; -Applied ethics

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
prerequisite
Knowledge
The prerequisity is the completion of the KUMK/MX7ET course.
The prerequisity is the completion of the KUMK/MX7ET course.
Skills
The prerequisity is the completion of the KUMK/MX7ET course.
The prerequisity is the completion of the KUMK/MX7ET course.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the importance of bioethics
to explain the importance of bioethics
to explain the importance of institutional ethics for the corporate environment.
to explain the importance of institutional ethics for the corporate environment.
to describe the basic tools of external and internal moral management.
to describe the basic tools of external and internal moral management.
to list the basic components of moral competence.
to list the basic components of moral competence.
to describe selected principles of persuation used in marketing communication.
to describe selected principles of persuation used in marketing communication.
Skills
to formulate an ethically relevant thought experiment.
to formulate an ethically relevant thought experiment.
to formulate relevant arguments for or against a given position in a selected ethically accented issue.
to formulate relevant arguments for or against a given position in a selected ethically accented issue.
to evaluate persuasive communication in terms of Cialdini's principles of influence.
to evaluate persuasive communication in terms of Cialdini's principles of influence.
to discern the irrational influences affecting moral judgment.
to discern the irrational influences affecting moral judgment.
to take a critical stance on the practicality of ethical codes.
to take a critical stance on the practicality of ethical codes.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Lecturing
Lecturing
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. New York: Pantheon, 2012. ISBN 0307455777.
  • HARRIS, Sam. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values.
  • SEKERKA Leslie. Ethics is a Daily Deal Choosing to Build Moral Strength as a Practice. 2015. ISBN 978-3319180892.
  • TANNER, C. Christe. Moral Intelligence ?A Framework for Understanding Moral Competences. 2014.


Study plans that include the course
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